diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c13212c5..695f47ed1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "Markdown~=3.7",
     "numpy~=1.26.4",
     "Pillow~=10.4.0",
-    "protobuf~=5.26.1",
+    "protobuf~=5.29.1",
     "pydantic~=2.8.2",
     "pyloudnorm~=0.1.1",
     "resampy~=0.4.3",